Pokémon Sinnoh Journey VOL. 1 Extra 1

(The Rise of Darkrai)

Chapter 1: Alamos Town! Meet Alice!

It was a bright day on the pathway in the Sinnoh region as four Pokémon trainers were walking on the route, heading for the new town that they've been traveling to, before they would arrive at the city known as Hearthome City. There were three boys and one girl with two Pokémon at their side.

One boy had a hat on with a Pikachu on his head. That boy's name is Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town of the Kanto region. His goal is to become a Pokémon Master someday, and he is here in Sinnoh in order to compete in the Sinnoh League to achieve that difficult dream with his partner Pikachu at his side all the way.

Another boy had a scar over his right eye with a Monferno on his left shoulder. That boy's name was Hikaru Platinum, a Trainer AND a Coordinator from Twinleaf Town of the Sinnoh region. He has two goals. One was to surpass the Sinnoh Champion Cynthia and to win the Sinnoh League, and the other is to become a Top Coordinator like his mother, Hinata.

The girl had blue, long hair, clipped with yellow hair clips, a white hat with a pink Pokéball sign on it. That girl is currently a Coordinator at the moment, as that girl hoped to become a Top Coordinator someday like her mother, Johanna. Her name is Dawn, a Coordinator from Twinleaf Town, the same town where Hikaru lives in.

Finally, this boy was the eldest of the group. He comes from Kanto as well, from Pewter City, where he and Ash had met. He was the former Gym Leader of Pewter City, but truly wished to become a Breeder. He had multiple siblings in his house as he cares for them all, like he cares for his friends. The eldest boy's name is Brock.

The group were currently on their way to Alamos Town, where Dawn and Hikaru would have their next Pokémon Contest there. As they were walking, the Twinleaf girl started to get a little worried on their route. "Shouldn't we have gotten there by now?" Dawn asked in curiosity as Brock looked up from his Sinnoh guidebook.

"Almost!" Brock assured. As he said that, Hikaru narrowed his eyes, noticing something ahead. "And there it is! Alamos Town is right ahead of us!" Hikaru pointed out. "Monferno!" Monferno screeched happily, as the Fire Type was joyful to see a new town. At the sight of the town, Ash, Dawn, and Hikaru were all excited as they ran ahead.

"I bet you as soon as we get there, we'll find some great battles!" Ash assured with a grin. "Pikachu!" Pikachu agreed with a smile. "Great battles, huh? There could be some Pokémon that we haven't seen before up at that town!" Hikaru added wtih a chuckle. For the Twinleaf girl, she was more excited about the upcoming Contest and clothes to wear!

"And I've got to get ready for that Contest! So many dresses to wear and so little time!" Dawn giggled happily. But then, there was a problem as Ash blinked in surprise, slowing down. "Huh? Hold on!" Ash yelped. At the call, both Hikaru and Dawn slowed down as the three stopped in surprise to see what was ahead of them!

Instead of the route to Alamos Town, they had stopped at a dead ending! The town was farther high up, across the water! As the Kanto breeder caught up, he frowned, before taking a look at his guidebook. "Hm... Looks like we're on the wrong shore..." Brock pointed out, much to the Kanto trainer's shock. "HUH!?" Ash yelped.

"Pika!?" "Mon!?" Both Monferno and Pikachu were shocked at this as well, as the Twinleaf boy sweat dropped in annoyance and in disappointment. "I don't believe this..." Hikaru grumbled as he face palmed with gritted teeth. Monferno moaned, slumping down on his human brother's left shoulder, bothered by this problem.

As for Ash and Dawn, they slumped down as well, upset that they took the wrong turn. "Oh... And I'm exhausted..." Dawn groaned. "Ugh... Me too..." Ash agreed with a groan. "Pika..." "Mon..." The two starters mumbled together. But just then, Monferno blinked, hearing something in his large ears as he looked up.

Pikachu seemed to have heard the same thing as the Electric Type and the Fire Type starters looked up in surprise. "Pika!?" "Mon!?" Pikachu and Monferno gasped together."Would ypu all like a lift?" A girl's voice called to the four trainers. The voice alerted both Ash and Hikaru as they looked up, with Dawn and Brock following.

The four trainers all looked up to see what's coming to them! Above them, was a large, green balloon lowering down towards them! A girl with blonde hair was on the balloon. And besides her was a Chimchar, who seemed to be her partner. "Hello there!" The girl called, waving to them. "Chimchar!" The Chimp Pokémon cried along.

Soon, the four trainers were in the girl's balloon, as they all looked down, seeing how beautiful the view was down there. But for Brock, he seemed more interested in the balloon girl, rather than the view. "We can't thank you enough for your kindness! So, my name, dear, is Brock! Would you honor us by telling your name?" Brock said lovingly.

"Well, my name is Alice!" The balloon girl, Alice answered, much to Brock's joy. "So it's Alice, from Alamos Town!" Brock cried out in joy. He then took out a small book, which seemed to be filled with pictures of famous gurls as he flipped several pages for Alice's picture. But, to his dismay, there weren't any as he let out a groan.

"I can't believe I don't have you written down in my blue book of babes! Argh! Silly me... I'm such a dummy..." Brock groaned as he slumped down in frustration. Hikaru's left eye twitched as an annoyed tick started to grow on his forehead. The same went for Monferno, as the evolved Fire Type let out an annoyed huff.

As Ash and Dawn looked down at their breeder friend, the Kanto breeder slowly rose his head up, his expression looking determined. "There's only one thing to do! Let me take you out-" Brock started, only for a fist to smash on Brock's head. It was Hikaru's fist as his eyes went cold. "Uh huh... Not going to happen, you idiot." Hikaru said darkly.

"URGH! Ugh... Right after Hikaru takes me out..." Brock groaned, as he twitched, obviously in pain since the punch landed on his head so hard. Ash, Pikachu, and Dawn froze at seeing their friend knocking Brock out with one punch. As they laughed nervously, Dawn took his turn to make her introduction to Alice.

"Now, my name is Dawn! I'm entering the Alamos Town Pokémon Contest!" Dawn explained. At that point, the Twinleaf boy lost his anger as he gave a small smile. "Right... That goes for me, too. I'm Hikaru, a Trainer going for Gym Battles and a Coordinator going for Pokémon Contests as well!" Hikaru explained. He turned to Monferno for the introduction.

"And this is Monferno, my partner!" Hikaru added, gesturing to his starter. "Mon! Monferno!" Monferno cried out with a grin. "Hi! And my name is Ash! And this is my partner, Pikachu!" Ash explained, as he turned to himself and his Electric Type. "Pikachu!" Pikachu replied with a smile.

Above them, Alice's Chimchar shot a Flamethrower at the balloon's inside cover to boost the balloon's height and speed. As the balloon rose up even higher, Ash, Hikaru, and Dawn were all amazed at the sight. "Awesome! We're really moving!" Ash pointed out. "Pika Pika!" Pikachu cried out in amazement.

"What a beautiful lake!" Dawn added with a smile. Hikaru nodded in agreement, before he turned to the town. "The whole town looks peaceful down there, too... It looks like nothing could ever disturb it at this rate..." Hikaru stated. "Monferno..." The Playful Pokémon agreed with a nod, giving a peaceful smile and look at the town as well.

Alice smiled sweetly, before looking at her hometown as well. "I agree... I wish for the town to be peaceful as well..." Alice agreed. At that moment, Brock immediately shot up, recovering from Hikaru's punch. "Yeah!? Not as pretty as Alice!" Brock protested, leaving Ash and Dawn shocked, with Hikaru annoyed. "You're quick!" Ash gasped in surprise.

The Twinleaf girl let out a small chuckle, remembering how many times Brock was struck down, before going back up. "He's used to it..." Dawn sighed, while the Twinleaf boy let out an annoyed grunt. "Tch... This isn't the first time that occurred." Hikaru mumbled. Alice let out a small giggle, before she looked back at the four trainers.

"Well, I work part-time as a hot air balloon tour guide! But, I also spend most of my time as a music student!" Alice explained. At the statement, she took out a healthy looking leaf, putting it on her lips. She then began to blow on it, playing a beautiful music on it, which took everyone's attention "Leaf whistle?..." Dawn asked in surprise.

At the music it's playing, Ash, Dawn, Hikaru, and the two starters all watched in amazement to see how the music is being played! Then suddenly, a flock of Pidgey and Pidgeotto came flying by, attracted by the leaf whistle music. Some Pellipers came by, attracted to the sound as well! As Pidgeotto watched, Alice smiled, before playing some music to it.

At the charming sound, Pidgeotto let out a satisfied chirp before it flew ahead of the balloon, with its Pidgey flock following it! Even the Pelliper flock flew past the five humans as they headed back to town. As they were flying off, the balloon girl turned to the four trainers, making her explanation.

"You see? The Pokémon are showing me which way the winds are blowing!" Alice explained. That made the group widen their eyes in awe as they looked back at the retreating Flying Types while the balloon girl looked at her Fire Type. "Okay, Chimchar!" Alice called. Chimchar nodded back, before it shot a Flamethrower to boost the balloon once more!

As the balloon began to pick up the pace, Monferno and Pikachu climbed up the balloon to greet Chimchar. "Pikachu!" "Mon! Monferno!" The two starters greeted. "Chim! Chimchar!" The Chimp Pokémon cried happily, before waving to its new friends. The two happily greeted the Fire Type back with their happy greetings.

To the group, they were approaching the town, as Dawn noticed the giant two towers standing together. "Look at those towers!" Dawn commented in amazement. "The Space-Time Towers!" Alice explained. "Space-Time Towers? Are they the landmarks of this town?" Hikaru asked in question. "Mon?" Monferno added in question.

Both he and Pikachu climbed down back to their trainers after their small talk with Chimchar. To answer the Twinleaf boy's question, the Kanto breeder took out his Sinnoh guidebook, turning the pages to where the details of the two towers were. "Hm... Here! Listen to this!" Brock answered, explaining the details.

"The brilliant architect Godey developed the Space-Time Towers 100 years ago!" Brock read. As Brock read, the balloon girl turned to the two Twinleaf Coordinators with a reminder. "And that's is where we have our Pokémon Contest, Dawn, Hikaru!" Alice reminded, as Hikaru was amazed. "Whoa... To have the Contest in those towers, wow..." Hikaru replied in awe.

"Mon..." Even Monferno was impressed to hear something like that. "A 100 years! That's like 10 years times..." Ash started, only for the Twinleaf girl to finish it for him. "Times ten..." Dawn muttered. "Right..." The Kanto trainer chuckled nervously. Hikaru let out a nervous smile, before he looked back at the two towers.

"Those two towers... Do they mean anything?" Hikaru asked. "Let's see... Well, in here, it explains why it's called Space-Time. The tower on the right represents time, and the one on the left represents space!" Brock explained, reading his guidebook. With that done, Ash smirked. "Hey! I could've told you that!" Ash assured.

"Right... Hm?" Hikaru started, only to feel something. Pikachu and Monferno started to feel something as well as they both looked around in confusion. As the feelings started to get stronger, Hikaru widened his eyes, before his eyes turned yellow and green as he turned to everyone. "Everyone! Brace yourselves!" Hikaru warned.

The sudden outburst left the others confused before sharp power waves startled them! It rocked the balloon and the air around them, causing everyone to yelp in surprise. They each had to hold onto the corners of the balloon to prevent themselves from falling out as the waves became stronger and stronger, until it started to grow weak.

Meanwhile...

At an office of some kind, the waves was startling the man in glasses there as well! The power waves were displayed on his computer, alarming the man as he widened his eyes in surprise. "Powerful forces... Colliding with each other! Something big is going on!" The man replied in shock as he ran out to see what was happening.

But, by the time he had left, the force waves had stopped all of a sudden, ending the unknown forces.

Back to the group...

As everyone waited, the waves had stopped as well, allowing the five humans and their three Pokémon to feel relieved. At the same time, the Twinleaf boy's eyes returned to normal, turning back to his original blue eyes. "Is everybody okay?" Alice asked worriedly. "Yeah!..." "Yeah..." "Sure..." Ash, Dawn, and Hikaru answered.

"Pika..." "Chim..." "Mon..." The three Pokémon cried their assurance as well. "What was that?" Brock asked, curious about the sudden force waves. "I suppose it could've been the air currents... But it sure was strange..." Alice answered, as she was unsure as well. "No... That wasn't air currents... It was much stronger than that..." Hikaru answered.

That made everyone turn to the Twinleaf boy in confusion. "Hikaru, what do you mean?" Dawn asked. "Air currents like these wouldn't come out of nowhere, would they? I mean, you would at least need to have a warning or a signal about the air currents, right?" Hikaru asked, feeling unsure about his answer. "Ferno..." Monferno replied in concern.

"Oh... I don't know... These usually occur several times in town. But the truth is, we don't know what's happening or why this is happening." Alice explained sadly, much to the Twinleaf boy's shock. "What!? But, what if it causes danger to someone, like the way it nearly caused us to fall off and get hurt!?" Hikaru exclaimed desperately.

"..." No one knew how to answer that question as Alice tried to change the subject. "Anyways, I'm sorry if you guys got scared..." Alice apologized. Then, the balloon girl suddenly had an idea as she brought it up to the group. "I know what! I'll give you guys the grand tour!" Alice suggested. That seemed to have brightened the group up.

"Yeah!" Dawn cried out happily. "Yeah! That would be great!" "Pika!" Ash and Pikachu cried out in response. "Mon! Monferno!" Monferno screeched in agreement. He glanced at his human brother, who seemed to be thinking before Dawn snapped him out of it. "What do you think, Hikaru?" Dawn asked, causing the Twinleaf boy to blink.

"Hm?... Oh! That sounds great!" Hikaru exclaimed with a nervous smile. "Then, it's settled!" Alice giggled. "ALRIGHT!" "Pika!" Ash and Pikachu exclaimed together as the balloon prepared to land.

(Pokémon Movie 10 Together Opening Song)

In the middle of a long, long journey

(Alice guides Hikaru, Ash, Dawn, and Brock around Alamos Town)

When I recall the uncountable battles

(They all approach a cotton candy machine as Alice offers some to the group)

(The four trainers all accept, with Ash, Pikachu, and Monferno excited to have some)

Crossing space and time
We can meet

(The group enjoys eating the cotton candy along with the three Pokémon)

Everyone's dazzling faces

(While Brock doesn't notice, both Ash and Pikachu eats his entire candy!)

Yay yay yay yeah!

(Brock bites on his empty stick, much to Hikaru, Dawn, and Alice's surprise)

(Brock glares at Ash, who runs with Pikachu on his head)

I'm still inexperienced so I train everyday

(Ash cheerfully runs, but bumps into something big, revealing it to be a Torterra!)

(Hikaru and Monferno catches up to see the Torterra and its trainer)

Win or lose, the end is still a handshake.

(Ash, Pikachu, and Monferno were amazed as they all greet Torterra, with Hikaru smiling)

Sorry, but the Friendship Checker reads zero.
Truly it makes you cry cry cry, right!

(The group walks up to see the trainer, with two more coming by!)

(Their names are revealed to be Maury, Allegra, and Kai)

(They challenge Ash, Dawn, and Hikaru to a battle, which the three accept)

When your eyes are glittering like diamonds or pearls.

(Maury: Torterra VS Ash: Pikachu)
(Kai: Empoleon VS Dawn: Piplup)
(Allegra: Infernape VS Hikaru: Monferno)

First in the beginning, use Quick Ball!

(Ash's Pikachu first attacks Maury's Torterra with Thunderbolt)

When it's perfectly settled in a multi-battle
GOOD GOOD SMILE!

(Ash gets pumped up until they see Torterra unaffected by Thunderbolt)

GOOD GOOD SMILE!
Again, GOOD GOOD SMILE!

(Maury orders a Seed Bomb attack, which Pikachu dodges, evading it all)

(An Iron Tail knocks Torterra away, making a direct hit)

(Piplup competes with Empoleon to see which is bigger, only for it to backfire)

(Hikaru's Monferno throws Mach Punch at Allegra's Infernape, which his evolved form dodges)

(Infernape strikes with Mach Punch, which Monferno dodges by escaping with Flame Wheel)

(Hikaru orders a Mach Punch attack, as Infernape's Flamethrower narrowly misses him, much to his annoyance)

(The two clash against each other with Mach Punches with Infernape blocking most of Monferno's with Close Combat.)

Past and future
We aim towards

(Brock and Alice watches as Chimchar gets excited with the triple battle)

(Piplup throws a Whirlpool attack at Empoleon, who destroys it with Ice Beam)

That place we pledged
Yay yay yay yeah!

(Piplup makes a sneak attack with Peck as Empoleon counters with Drill Peck)

(The two Water Types collides as Infernape and Monferno hits each others' cheeks with their Mach Punches)

Battles are never Sweet
Spicy? Bitter? Dry? Sour, right?
We are alive, so feel
Together
Yay yay yay yeah!

(The two falls back as Monferno falls one knee, weakened by the direct hit of Mach Punch)

(Hikaru orders a Flamethrower attack, which Monferno does, until Infernape blocks it!)

(Infernape jumps up and lunges towards Monferno, much to both Hikaru and Monferno's surprise)

(Hikaru's eyes glows yellow and green as he orders a full power Flame Wheel)

Blast away with Aqua Jet
And Defog away our clouded spirits

(As Monferno uses a powerful Flame Wheel, Infernape counters with its Flame Wheel)

(The two Flame Wheels clash against each other multiple times)

Rock Climb - look, if we can climb over
GOOD GOOD SMILE!
Everyone GOOD GOOD SMILE!

(The two Flame Wheels rise in the air, much to Hikaru and Allegra's surprise)

(The flames disappear as Monferno and Infernape glares at each other with rivalry)

(The triple battle ends)

(Movie opening ends)

Right after the tour around Alamos Town, Alice soon leads the four trainers to the garden place, where she likes the best. "This has got to be my favorite place of the whole town!" Alice giggled. While the four trainers were amazed, Monferno, Pikachu, Piplup, and Chimchar playfully runs together to the edge of the fountain.

In the fountain were schools of Finneon and Lumineon swimming as the three watched in awe. For the trainers, Alice guided them through the garden as she explained about its history. "This whole garden was designed by Godey, you know." Alice explained, much to the Kanto breeder's amazement.

"What a beautiful spot! It says, the design theme of architect Godey's brilliant garden is the harmony between humans and Pokémon!" Brock pointed out, reading from his guidebook. As he read, some garden Pokémon came out, noticing Alice and some new human and Pokémon friends! They were Azurill, Marill, Azumarill, Shinx, and a Luxio!

The five humans were amazed to see the playful Pokémon as Pikachu, Monferno, Piplup, and Chimchar came by, greeting their new garden friends. With their happy greetings, the Pokémon all ran off to play in the small playground up ahead. "I've been playing in this garden ever since I was a little girl! So, everyone here is my friend." Alice explained.

Excited about the Pokémon making friends, Ash grinned as he took out his three Pokéballs. "Cool! Everyone, let's go!" Ash called. His three Pokéballs were thrown in the air, summoning Aipom, Turtwig, and Staravia! At the sight of Ash summoning his Pokémon, that encouraged Hikaru, Dawn, and Brock to summon all of their Pokémon as well.

"Great idea!" "Don't forget about us!" "I'm in, too!" The three called together. Dawn's three Pokéballs summoned Buizel, Pachirisu, and Buneary, Hikaru's four Pokéballs summoned Dratini, the younger Buizel, Leafeon, and Luxio out. For Brock, his three Pokéballs summoned Happiny, Sudowoodo, and Croagunk!

As all the Pokémon were summoned to play together, they all ran across the fountain path where the playground was near. The Buizel brothers, Azurill, Marill, Piplup, and Dratini swam in the water to swim there, while all the others ran across the fountain to where the playground was, as they were all excited to play there.

For the trainers, they followed Alice across the flower pathway, only for something to pop out and surprise Hikaru and Ash! It was a Wormadam in the Plant Cloak form. "Whoa!?" "Huh!?" The two boys yelped until they realized the popping out was the the Bagworm Pokémon's way of saying welcome. Dawn giggled at that.

"Guess that's their way of welcoming us!" Brock chuckled. The four trainers smiled as they walked across the pathway and the greeting that the Burmy and the Wormadam were giving. At their welcoming, Croagunk grew curious as he stared at the popping in and out the Burmy and the Wormadam were doing.

To the Pokémon, they were still running or swimming across the fountain to get to the playground. They all ran and swam along happily, until Happiny nearly falls into the water. She squealed in desperation of trying not to get wet, until something surfaced out of the water, saving the Playhouse Pokémon! It was a Quagsire!

It carried Happiny on its head while the Wooper followed their leader. They joined all the other Pokémon that were heading for their playground while the four trainers ran to the end of the flowery pathway, to see the view of the outside of Alamos Town. "Whoa..." Ash replied in awe. "Hey, look at that!" Brock called, pointing to a few Pellipers ahead.

Hikaru and Dawn both laughed, while at the same time amazed at the sight as Alice joined them to see the sight out of the town. While they were enjoying the sights, the Pokémon were enjoying their time at their small playground! Piplup, Aipom, Pachirisu, Shinx, Turtwig, and Dratini were enjoying their time of sliding down the small slide.

Hikaru's Luxio and Monferno and the male Luxio watched as the little ones were sliding down the slides. As they were watching, the male Luxio, who's known to be shy gave a glance at Hikaru's Luxio, before he blushed, having hidden feelings for the female. Monferno noticed this and gave a teasing smirk, much to the male Luxio's embarrassment.

For Happiny, she was playing around with the four Woopers with the wood beams, as if they were playing tag, chasing each other. Leafeon and Quagsire watched, with smiles on their face, seeing that the younger ones are having fun, playing with each other. For the seesaw, Azumarill was balancing the wooden seesaw to make things much easier for both sides.

Marill, Azurill, and the young Buizel enjoyed their time in the seesaw to Azumarill's right, while Buneary, Pikachu, and Chimchar enjoyed their time on the seesaw to Azumarill's left. At the swings, Staravia watched down, seeing Sudowoodo and Croagunk swinging peacefully on the swings, with several Kricketots on Sudowoodo's arm.

As the others were enjoying the sights of the lake, Hikaru watched, seeing the Pokémon having fun at the playground. Seeing his Pokémon smile started to make him smile too, as he cares deeply for his Pokémon's feelings. "They're really having a fun time there..." Hikaru whispered, before the smile turned soft.

Monferno was having fun, watching the younger Pokémon slide. Luxio was giggling over the male Luxio's shyness and his blushing. Dratini was having a fun time on the slide. Leafeon was enjoying watching Happiny and the Woopers playing together with Quagsire at her side. The young Buizel was cheering for playing on the seesaw, too!

Next chapters:

Chapter 2: Darkrai Appears! The Dark Nightmare!

Chapter 3: The Space-Time Tower's Legend

Chapter 4: The Confusion of the Fog

Chapter 5: Palkia VS Dialga! Another Dimension!

Chapter 6: Play the Oración! Battle for Hope!

Next chapter preview:

Alice: What is this? What happened here? It looks like something bad happened to this part of the garden.

Baron Alberto: It was Darkrai, of course. The Pokémon that had done all this damage.

Ash: What the... That voice... Is that... Is that Darkrai!? That Pokémon is the cause of all this!?

Tonio: Don't let those attacks hit you! They can give you nightmares for a very long time!

Hikaru: What is this place? Is this... some kind of a warning that Darkrai is giving us?

Ash: If Darkrai comes back again, then I'll be sure to be ready to battle him once more!